on new years eve i climbed a hill close to the city, to take pictures of the fireworks. it was cold and foggy; here is what came out under the circumstances. the big light in the first pictures is a laser beam from the restaurant on top of this hill, which earned it the nickname…
* for their impressive historic sites, well preserved and “showcased”, * for the Danube, * for the „Christkindlmarkt” – clean, civilized * for the souvenirs and products in general of good quality and taste (no plastics!) * for the diversified street cuisine * for kurtoskalacs * for the civilized, clean atmosphere (e.g., in the metro)…
From snowy Sighisoara, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And my favorite Christmas carol: [trilu-audio]http://www.trilulilu.ro/hosmy/ac2da6c6cde403[trilu-audio] See you in 2008!
the journey home was longer and shorter. longer than usual, shorter than expected. i took the train to munchen and from there the overnight to budapest. i could have gone straight home by train, but i reserved a plane ticket from budapest to cluj. it was ok like this, a 28 hours train ride would…
Dijon’s great touristic attraction for me on Sunday was the game between Romania and Hungary, at the women’s handball world cup. So I drove the 3 hours to the place, managed to get the ticket i had reserved via the internet (collection centers were all closed.. sundays.. so i got it finally from the sports…
This weekend I had the pleasure of Vivekananda’s visit. He landed on Friday evening, sms-ed me that he will take the train to zurich, I wrote back saying that it will take him 5 mins, we shd meet in ~1 hr at the station, as I was caught up in work. We met after more…
went to Strasbourg yesterday, just to check it out – it’s only 2 hours drive away. well, it was actually 3h, because of traffic and road constructions. very charming town, Christkindlmarkt, like everywhere in… Germany (Strasbourg & Alsace used to be part of Germany, the town is still bilingual), with Gluehwein (sweet hot wine with…
i had a day. what to do with it? it snowed earlier this week, so i thought to check out a ski resort close to “base”. there was one at ~90km which sounded vaguely known, so i went there. it was closed, though, however apparently there was one open closeby. so i ended up in…
Great to have Zaid visiting over the week-end! Saturday a day walk through a rainy-snowy city, with a (first time for me as well) climb on top of the cathedral and an attempt to a panorama on top of the Uetliberg, where we landed in the middle of a cloud, on stormy weather and snow-muddy…
here – check this out. (http://romerican.com/2006/09/26/tariff-day-high-dukes/)
another shockingly refreshing surprise during the game i watched last night (on the internet). again, it was steaua bucharest, and again on the receiving end. this time, at the delivering end senegal’s gueye mansour from F.C. Politehnica 1921 Timisoara.
Lumi & Seanwere here for a long week-end. One of those moments that make hard work worth. my apartment always enjoys these visits almost as much as i do, as it gets cleaned with the occasion. they stayed at my place and explored zurich; we met at night for dinner.. in 2 days they discovered…
here’s the context: Steaua Bucharest, the best romanian team all-time, played against Universitatea Cluj, somewhere in Transylvania, a team ranked LAST, without a victory. Steaua was leading 1-0, when this happened: At the end “U” Cluj won 2-1.This is why some people like football.
followed the insider tip from the „Marco Polo” tourist book and went to Walensee, a lake 90km away, off the beaten path. Mountains fall into the lake abruptly from ~1000m. that was in the book.Here comes the insider tip to the insider tip: dont stop there. Follow the random sign to „wallestadtberg”, („city-of-the-welsh-mountain”), and dont…
and last but not least, due to a win in Luxemburg and Albania tying Bulgaria (respect Tirana!), Romania qualified to the Football Euro 2008 championships! Yipeee!!
was amazing to meet, in chronological order, Arturo, Barbie & Paula, Michal & Zahri, Malini, Navjit, Selin and Dean, plus bonus track Selin’s brother and Malini’s sister :). I am hereby asking them to send me the respective pictures! 😛 it is such a fun phenomenon – you meet a very familiar face, but the…
massachusetts turning red. the great nature’s autumn festival – and i was privileged to witness it for the second time, after exactly 2 years. the route boston-newyorknewyork is hamazing. recommended for your next week-end, whoever is reading this and can :). http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
boston, charming as ever. walking through the city was a great continuation of the whalewatching morning. One little favor global warming gives us were these great indian summer day with 25 degrees (celsius) in boston! http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
whale watching was much more impressive than i thought. i expected it to be “nice”, but it was quite overwhelming. It must be the size, the setting, everything together… when you see the green spot announcing the whale surfacing (it is green because the plancton makes the white skin look green through the water :),…
back in zurich. coming from 26 degrees celsius (80F)in boston, the 3C (39F) here were quite a welcome. last night there were 30F. have to rush, it seems new project is waiting… the last 2 weeks seem like a dream.
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